Best travel tea thermos with infuser?

I just bought the Truedeau Tea-Mendous Travel Tea Tumbler, and it’s worked great so far! This thing doesn’t leak at all, and the strainer doesn’t let almost anything through. My dream thermos is something that I don’t have to take the strainer basket out of after I’m done steeping, and I think that Aladdin thermos looks like it does exactly that. I might have to get that one next =) If you don’t mind taking the strainer out, the Truedeau Tea-Mendous tumbler is a good choice!

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Whitetea, I’m a Hobartian and there is a local kitchenware store here that has a few tea thermos options, including the aladdin option mentioned above (I got one the other day!). If i can find options in Hobart, you’d have to be able to find them in Sydney! Though I have to admit my favourite tea thermos is DavidsTea’s timolino, which I got on holiday last year.

I love my timolino! I got a long handled brush to clean the inside, looks a bit like a feather duster, though with much firmer spokes. Also, the vinegar or bi carb soda approach described above is useful.

For those looking for a travel mug, I’d strongly recommend it. It keeps your liquid hot or cold for around 12 hours, has a rremovable steeping basket, space in the lid for extra tea for another cup later, and is very strong. I’ve dropped mine (or the bag it’s in) numerous times on hard surfaces like concrete and not signs of any scratches in the shiny blue exterior. It is also completely leak proof. I’ve not lost a single drop of tea using it ( except through excitement to get tea in my mouth!).

The one thing about it I’m hesitant about – along with the cleaning thing – is the fact that I notice the rubber bits of it holding smells. It’s a bit off-putting when I had Earl Grey in the morning and I want a Bai Mu Dan in the afternoon, but it smells like Earl Grey. So that’s the only time I use it now… do you have this problem?

I havent noticed that myself, but I’m not a student so I can give my a bit of a clean with hot soapy water after each use in my staff kitchen at work. I have occasionally noticed whites and greens in the lid taking on the smell/flavour of blacks etc that have been brewed below, so I’m more careful with the order of brewing, or just chuck the tin or bag and my perfect teaspoon in my bag so the second cup of leaves doesn’t ruin.

I am wary of the glass walled thermoses mostly because of how fragile they are. I went with the zojirushi thermos as it is vacuum sealed and made from stainless steel. Most of the glass ones cannot be truly vacuum sealed because it would make them too breakable so they dont keep your tea as hot at a true vacuum would. Just some food for thought